Echocardiography plays a key role in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) but can be
inconclusive in patients in whom prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is suspected. The …

The use of 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan (FDG-PET) and
computed tomography angiography (CTA) to improve accuracy of diagnosis of giant cell …

Aims In patients with a suspicion of prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE), detection of perivalvular
infection can be difficult based only on echocardiography. The aim of this retrospective …

Background— 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed
tomography (PET/CT) has been recently acknowledged as a diagnostic tool for prosthetic valve …

Background: Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) chronic infection diagnosis is
challenging because the clinical presentation is frequently misleading and echocardiography …

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatosis which may result in a wide variety of clinical
and biological presentations. Symptoms are often nonspecific, and incidental abnormal …

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology. The diagnostic
can be made by histological identification of non-caseous granuloma or by a combination of …

Objective The role of B cells in the pathogenesis of Takayasu arteritis (TA) is controversial.
We aimed to study the presence of tertiary lymphoid organs (TLOs) in the aortic wall of TA …

Purpose of review This review analyzes recent studies evaluating the diagnostic value of 18
F-FDG-PET/CT for the detection of peripheral emboli and secondary infectious foci in …

ALTHOUGH THEY ARE RARE, MYCOTIC ANEURYSMS (MAS) ARE A POTENTIALLY
SEVERE COMPLICATION OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS (IE) that usually requires a specific …